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NOT for the Faint of Heart Hempworx

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This post contains a graphic photo of my arm which was at the wrong place at the wrong time.  Photos are at the end of my post. STORY: 8-22-18 My 15 year old dog woke me up in the wee hours of the AM gagging and I knew she was going to loose her cookies and needed "outside" ASAP. I grabbed her, jumped out of bed, it was dark, I was still half asleep so I didn't grab my glasses. Too late I remembered that I had left my vacuum cleaner in the doorway instead of putting it where it belonged. I tripped on cleaner, hit the door, and knew I probably had hurt myself.  (It was later determined I had put my arm out to stop falling and my arm and the little metal latch of the door stop and my arm "met".....) I got the dog outside and looked at my arm....not a pretty site.  I got the bleeding stopped and proceeded to the bathroom for the large bandaids I keep on hand and wondering what to put on it   I decided to use the Hempworx Relief cream.  I put a real thin layer on th

Pour Run Off jewelry focal

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This porcelain artist palette necklace focal was made using Pour "run off".  I only had 2 of this surface in my stash so this one is mine and I will will wait for another neat  design to happen and I will do another for sale.  I contacted the company where I had originally purchased these and they are no longer in stock....figures.....   SO much fun.  I used clear beads and silver to finish the necklace.
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A pour "run off" picture.  So many options and techniques to use with "pouring".

Pour Painting

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Paint pouring has become an infatuation with me....when I go to the studio in the evening it "calls" to me...I swear. Techniques that I have learned through the years as well as mediums come into play with all types of painting even something as "out of control" in so many ways as pour painting is to an artist.  I have become "more playful".  If a pour doesn't turn out well I still have options and sometimes these options of play just add to the uniqueness of "me" and not that of another.  I like to find out what I need and the basic technique and then kinda quit.  It is such a freeform that copyright doesn't come in to play....duplication is pretty improbable.    It is fun learning how to HAVE control in achieving a look ... This is my glass vase that I have had for a long time and it had a big crack in it. Rather than throw it away I decided to do a pour.  The vase was frosted.  Because the base is so big and down to so small I just was

Satisfaction

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I love the awe of satisfaction. Slim, glass